PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Ali
vs
Jones

189 cm
24
192 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

213 cm
22
198 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, George St Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Jones!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
St Ali connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Ali swinging wilding here.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
St Ali looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
St Ali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones slips a straight right by St Ali.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones shoots in and drives through. St Ali sprawls well.
George St Ali has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Jones.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but St Ali circles away.
St Ali lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from St Ali.
St Ali misses with a wild body shot.
St Ali punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
St Ali misses with a two punch combination.
St Ali defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
St Ali defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones looks gassed!
St Ali paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Ali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Ali.
Jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but St Ali sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jones somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones fails with the takedown.
St Ali misses with a looping right.
St Ali throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
George St Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Ali misses with a two punch combination.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but St Ali shows good takedown defense.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and St Ali counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St Ali throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.
St Ali's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and St Ali duly obliges.
St Ali throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
St Ali lands a jab to the nose.
George St Ali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones scores with a jab. St Ali acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
St Ali dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones misses with a straight left.
St Ali falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Ali misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and St Ali counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
No joy there for St Ali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Jones has hold of St Ali's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and St Ali manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Jones goes for an armbar but St Ali turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from St Ali.
St Ali works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jones slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing St Ali from standing up.

Jones has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think St Ali should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Jones has tightened it up now! St Ali should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Steve Jones!